. >> but egypt has been one nation with strained relations with our country, from the reporting nsa spying on world leaders that has outraged them, to unhappiness with our policy over egypt. it seems a growing list of nations angry at america. what happened? >> john bolton is a fox news contributor, former u.s. ambassador to the nations, and he joins us from jerusalem this morning. good morning. >> good morning, eric. how are you? >> egypt suspended millions of dollars in aid. it seems in doing so, washington has isolated the islamists and the military. what happened? >> there's almost no one in egypt today who will stand up and defend the united states, the administration's position over the last two years has varied like a metronome, and so bad is it that kerry had to arrive in cairo under the same procedures that are used when he would visit a war zone like afghanistan. the first time an american secretary of state has faced that. with the trial, as you mentioned, of former president mohamed morsi about to begin tomorrow, the risk of instability in egypt remains very high. >> woucould t